Monday 9 May 2016

Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway Armoured Train

My daughters used to like a ride on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway when they were younger.

 While working on my latest wargame project I came across this: Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway Armoured Train.

 And before anyone laughs, they are credited with an He111, Me109 and Do17 during the Battle of Britain....and there's not many light railways with that record.
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  1. Steve J.10 May 2016 at 06:42

    It is one of those projects that I would love to make, but it would be tricky in 10mm. Still I always love reading articles on this:)

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    1. John Lambshead12 May 2016 at 15:19

      Add it to the potential wargaming projects that may happen when you retire. :)

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    2. Shaun Murphy13 May 2016 at 14:34

      Dear Steve J. You could perhaps get away with N gauge humans about 9mm high as the railway is not a normal size any way

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    3. John Lambshead15 May 2016 at 11:09

      Gnome-sized. :-)

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  2. peter10 May 2016 at 09:32

    I always like to see this kind of pictures and to read some historical background! Thanks for sharing!

    Greetings
    Peter

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    1. BigLee10 May 2016 at 10:51

      I love the RH&DLR and have ridden on its trains many times. In fact we took the train from Dungeness to the end of the line and back again while we were on our Easter holiday last month. The line has a museum/model train setup open to visitors and it includes loads of pictures of the armored train.

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    2. John Lambshead12 May 2016 at 15:20

      My pleasure, Peter.

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    3. John Lambshead12 May 2016 at 15:21

      There are some great places to visit along the line, Lee.

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  3. neverness10 May 2016 at 12:53

    This is so cool! I know from have spoke to some of the elderly folks who were around at the time that the Germans often attacked the rail lines to try to disrupt supply lines an infrastructure so it would only make sense to have something like this to protect them. Glad to see it worked!

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  4. Dave Drale10 May 2016 at 19:35

    Dear John,

    I'll be darned. Did it mount anything bigger than Vickers?

    I fondly recall our visit to Dymchurch.

    Dave

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    1. John Lambshead12 May 2016 at 15:23

      Get back to work, Drake. I want to read more novels.

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  5. Dave Drale11 May 2016 at 23:32

    Dear John,
    Me again. I took another careful look at the weapon facing the viewer: that's a Boys Rifle! Barrel length and the magazine feeding into the top of the receiver. I'd originally thought that I was seeing part of the rail line paraphernalia.
    Dave

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    1. John Lambshead12 May 2016 at 15:25

      Each carriage has a little open turret with a Boys and a Lewis Gun like the contempary Morris AC. further back each carriage mounted another Lewis on an AA mount.

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